Tag Archives: internet privacy

Facebook Cancels Internship After Harvard Student Reveals Messenger Privacy Flaw

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Aran Khanna a Harvard student was slated to spend his summer as an intern at Facebook. But Khanna made the mistake of launching a browser application from his dorm room. It angered Facebook. ...

EFF Announces New Do-Not-Track Web Standard

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EEF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) just announced a new set of standards. The privacy watchdog company has set up the standard on the Do-Not-Track feature of web browsing. The standards are a...

Facebook Ordered to Allow Use of Fake Names in Germany

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Facebook will have to stop forcing users from revealing their real names for their accounts. The order came after actions of a German Watchdog which took Facebook to court in June 2015. Facebook...

Ashley Madison Issues Statements

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Avid Life Media Inc., owner of Ashley Madison, released a statement about the hacker attack on the site leaking user record and other proprietary data. As reported earlier, the online cheating site...

Apple CEO Tim Cook Believes Privacy is a Fundamental Right

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Tim Cook the CEO of Apple Inc. recently gave a speech from Silicon Valley at the Electronic Privacy Information Center's Champions of Freedom Awards Dinner on Monday.In the speech Cook criticised...

Google Photos is Gmail for Photos

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The rumored Google Photos service is official. Google Photos is a new, standalone offering that gives consumers a home for all their photos and videos. Google Photos helps to organize and bring...